Munir Sheikh (Sept 9/10)

Thursday, September 9, 2010 | Categories: Shift

(Statistics Canada)

Munir Sheikh spent almost 40 years as a civil servant in Ottawa. It's hardly the kind of work that makes you a household name ... unless you end your career by resigning from Statistics Canada at the height of the controversy over the mandatory long-form census.

We talk to Munir Sheikh about the importance of good data and why he felt he had to resign his post.

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